Event Brief
Memo urges European cocaine crackdown tactics
Filed: Jul 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM ET
Summary: A call-to-action memo urges European nations to use “engine-disabling tactics and shooting” against cocaine smuggling.
WHO: A call-to-action memo urging European nations
WHAT: The memo calls for “engine-disabling tactics and shooting” in crackdowns on alleged cocaine smuggling vessels.
WHEN: Jul 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM ET
WHERE: Europe
WHY: It is a response to the cocaine smuggling route described as a European “highway.”
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